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Brandenburg-Ansbach
The Principality of Ansbach (German : Fürstentum Ansbach Brandenburg-Ansbach was a reichsfrei principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach . The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves , as the principality was a margravate (but not a march ).
History
Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1791).
The principality was established at the death of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg on 21 January 1398 , when his lands were partitioned between his two sons. The younger son, Frederick VI , received Ansbach and the elder, John III , received Bayreuth . After John III's death on 11 June 1420 , the two principalities were reunited under Frederick VI, who had become Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg in 1415.
Upon Frederick I's death on 21 September 1440 , his territories were divided between his sons; John received Bayreuth (Brandenburg-Kulmbach), Frederick received Brandenburg, and Albert received Ansbach. Thereafter Ansbach was held by cadet branches of the House of Hohenzollern , and its rulers were commonly called Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
On 2 December 1791 , the reigning Prince and Margrave of Ansbach, Christian Frederick , who had also succeeded to Bayreuth, sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia , and Ansbach was formally annexed on 28 January 1792 .
Princes and Margraves of Ansbach
See also Wolf of Ansbach
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